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National Republican., 1887-12-05
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National Republican., 1887-12-05

OFFICE or CHIEF ESOlSEER FIRE DEPART-
MESr, FAGlBAULT, MISS.-ROBERT MoRnELL,
Eso.-DEAR sTg We use your Bucket Force
Pumps in our fire department, and consider
them well adapted for eXtingishing fires, either
at the outset OF the fire or in buildings where
the fremen are unable to reach with larger
streams. Yours respectfully,
G. II. PALMER, Chief Fire Department.
CENTERvILLE, PA, Oct, I, 1857 Robert Nor:
RELL, ESQ.,, SUMMIT, N j., DEAR SIR We had
bad fire here recently, and but for the Nor.
rell Engines there would have been loss OF
about twenty thousand dollars. The fire in
surance adiuster was here this morning. He
said that Mt franklin Pa, where they have
water works, they could not have saved the
buildings we did.
J,A. RoDIER, Dry Goods, &c.
OFFICE OF JAMES MCMILLAN & Co, DEALERS
IN DRY GOoDs, GROCERIES, &c, MARR, LU:.
ZERSE Co., PA.-DEAR SiR--Thero is no hand
pump made that requires less fixing to keep
In order than your ball valve Bucket Force
Pump. use 1t for washing wagons, sprink-
ling fruit trees, emptying cisterns, and wash
ing windows In fact, IT is Indispensable about
q place like mine, and would not be withoutit
for twice its value, Respectfully yours,
JAMES MCMILLAN.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-08

Senator Fairs son and namesake
is known as terror" at home, and
with all the advantages that unlim-
tied wealth could command for him,
there is nothing of character or re-
finement about him. He was sent
around the world with tutor as a
measure of education and escape
from bad company at home, and
the tutor had the sympathy of all
the nations he visited. He has
gone around the Horn in sailing
ships and been sent on other long
sea voyages to break up his bad
habits on land. Last spring his
father offered to give him a round
million of his own if he would stop
drinking for a year. He kept the
pledge for seven months, and then
leaving his fathers room the other
night in twenty minutes was crazy
drunk with his first taste of liquor
and flourishing q pistol wildly.
The irate father had the youth
Gagged for the night under his own
ave and in the morning shipped
him for Panama. That or any other
tropical town is poor place to send
a how to reform, the more usual
az exnerience being that the climate
and incorporate habits Of such
places carry off riotous newcomer
In short time.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-08
Seven Ways of Curing Warts.

Any of the following-named rem
edies, says the Boston Globe, will
effectually y cure warts and perma-
nently remove them:
1. Moisten the warts and rub
sal-ammoniac well on them night
and morning. A fertnight's appli-
cation will invariably suffice.
2. Rub the warts with bullock's
gall two or three times day.
3. Expose a piece of potash to
the air until it slacks make paste
by adding powdered gum arabic,
and apply to the warts.
4. Pare the warts and apply a
small drop of acetic acid, using
great care. Repeat once or twice
daily, occasionally parting the wart,
which will soon be cured.
5. Touch the wart with vinegar
and cover with cooking soda or
saleratus; let it remain ten minutes
and repeat several times during the
day.
&. Wrap in cloth wet with di-
luted tincture of thuja. Forty
eight hours later pull out by the
roots-a painless operation.
Z. Rub till they are green with
bean leaves and they will disappear
after a few applications.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-08
The Death of an Army Deserter.

A handkerchief was placed over
his eyes, and ten men stepping out
from the ranks took up their posi-
ton few feet distant from him,
leveled their guns at the unfOrtu-
nate man and awaited the signal to
fire. Each man aimed directly ut
the heart of the conference.-the
termined to make his death as easy
as possible. AT the word nine mus
kets were discharged and nine bul-
lets pierced his. breast. He fell for
ward upon his face, and the current
of life that moment before pull
sated so strongly through his veins
ran out and crimsoncd the white
sands which lined the shore. Nine
muskets, say, were discharged. 1t
is mercilul provision-merciful
to those who are required to exc
cute the stern mandate of military
law-that always on these Occa-
sions one gun is left unloaded, and
the weapons being drawn promis-
cuously by the firing squad no one
is able to tell whether he has drawn
the unloaded gun or not.
"A singular circumstance remains
to be related. A large white sea
gull hovered around the scene
throughout the whole Of the trying
ordeal-sailing in relies few feet
above the head of the condemned
man during the prayer and the
reading of the death warrant, and
after the fatal discharge had been
fired descending to the ground
within short distance of the body.
Picking a few grains of sand, as
cending again and circling around
the coffin, it finally flew away till
lost to sight.-Troy Times.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-08

The observance is universal Of
the rule which prevents all men and
women from occupying the inner
compartments of the tents only at
night, or when driven to the same
by storms; though you may lounge
in the front of the tent to your
hearts content day and night. In
case of quarrels involving serious
struggling and possibly endanger-
ing life, no man defending himself
may be pursued within his tent.
This is an inviolable law, and the
direst penalties will surely follow
its infraction. Gypsies cling to an
old tent to the last moment it can
be spliced and patched together,
out of pure affection for it. "An
old tents an old FRIEND" is one of
their sayings. Any gypsy born
under tent preserves a piece of
the bows or the wooden covering
until his dying day, and it is then
burned with his effects. Nothing
can make them confess it, but there
is clearly discoverable a supersti-
ton that this bit of the old tent
home will somehow accompany
them and serve them a good turn
in the future world. That place,
or condition, is expected to provide
them with all priced material things,
especially inclusive of splendid
horses and limitless free grazing.
To be born in the tent carries pride
as does a good strain of blood.
Those born in house are regarded
as unfortunate. They are often
called in derision kair rajahs OF
"housc lords"
The tent almost invariably faces
southwark. The natural inference
regarding this is merely the express
sion of a desire to secure the health.
full and genial sunshine; but a
deeper significance attaches. II
is not difficult to trace, in this fact
lingering recognition of the ado.
ration taught in the sacred Zend
Avacto
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-08
The Grand Army.

The Grand Army Of the Repub-
lie was organized on the 9th day of
April. 1866, in Decatur, Ill. Its
founder was DR.. Luther Stephen
son, of Springfield, surgeon Of the
Fourteenth Illinois infantry, and
the first post was organized at De-
catur. 1t has always been supposed
that the first department conven-
ton was the one held at Spring
field, ILL.,, July II, 1866, but Gen.
Fairchild officially announces that
the Wisconsin department G. A. R.
was organized June 8, 1866, more
than a month before that of Illinois.
The first national convention of the
G. A. Il. was held at Indianapolis
Nov. 20, 1866. In that first conven-
ton representatives were present
from posts in Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri,
New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Wisconsin and the District of Co.
lumbia. When the second national
encanipment met fourteen months
later at Philadelphia there were
representatives from each of the
New England states, and from New
Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Mich.
igan, Minnesota, Tennessee and
Louisiana, and the order numbers
to-day about 25O,OOO veterans. Hi
nois, where the order was founded
has hitherto led the column, but
Wisconsin, as the first organized
department, will now lead it.-Ex
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-08

"Any man who wants to make a
quick and certain fortune, observed
a Broadway druggist the other
day, "can do it by inventing a sure
cure for corns. 1t doesn't matter
how many there are there's always
room for one more. COrns are a
universal weakness of the Amrican
people. There isn't a day that |
do not have calls for corn cures
anywhere from fifty to one hundred
and fifty men, women, girls and
boys"
ais there any actual sure cure
for corns?" / asked him.
"That depends, said he. There
is hardly u remedy that would not
remove corns if the people did not
wear shoes. The trouble is that
while they are continuing the fric-
ton and pressure that originally
produced it. But, whether they
cure Or not, the good remedies, II
properly applied, keep the corn
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-08
Savage Stimulants.

Savages have stimulants. The
Fiji Islander obtains alcohol from
the coceanut. The Kamschatkan
makes brandy by distilling soured
goats milk. The Malayan distills
misunderstanding drink from rice.
South American savages and their
near relation, the half-breeds or
Mestizos, drink pulque. The North
American Indian alone seems never
to have invented a stimulant, but
he takes to the fusel-oil whisky sold
at frontier stations with much kind
ness.-BOstOn Globe.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-08

Valley City, OAK, claims the
greatest prodigy in music in the
Northwest. 1t is Blanche Ramer,
the four-year.old daughter of E. 7.
Ramer. She plays on the organ or
piano strictly by note. and reads
the notes with surprising rapidity
and accuracy, and always counts
her own time when playing. Her
knowledge and observance in the
playing Of rests, dots, accidentals,
and in fact all the characters used
in music is unsurpassed by any
player. Her first appearance upon
the stage occurred recently in the
opera-house before the largest
crowd ever gathered iii the city,
which audience she entertained by
a solo on the piano Blanche's ap.
pearance upon the stage was greeted
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-08
FINGER NAIL INDICATIONS.
Signs that Show the Temper and Dis
position Of People.

He who has white spots on his
nails is fond of the society of ladies,
but is tickle in his attachments. He
whose nails are detached from the
finger at the further extremity, and
when cut showing larger proper
tiOn of the finger than usual, ought
never to get married, as it would
be a wonder if he were master of
his own house, for short nails be-
token patience, good nature, and
above all, resignation under severe
trials.
Nails which remain long after
being cut level with the finger end
are a sign of generosity. Transpar-
ent nails usually carry their passion
to the verge of madness. If you
come across a man with long and
pointed nails you may take it for
granted that he is either player of
the guitar, tailor or an attorney.
He who keeps his nails some-
what long, round and tipped with
black is a romantic poet. Any one
having the nail of his left thumb all
streaked, as though it had been
stained with snuff, is sure to be a
schoolmaster. Thick nails indicate
obstinacy and i'll nature. He
whose nails are dirty all over is a
recluse, a philosopher, a compositor
or a dyer. A man with yellow
nails is one who indulges in every
species of vice, that of smoking be-
ing the most predominant. BE care
full not to confound with these such
as are in the habit Of peeling their
oranges without a knife.
The owner Of very round and
smooth nails is of peaceable and
conciliatory disposition. He who
has the nail of his right thumb
slightly notched is a regular glut-
ton, even nibbling at himself, as,
when having nothing eatable at
hand, he falls to biting his own
finger nails. And lastly, he who
keeps his nails irregularly cut is
hasty and determined. Men who
have not the patience to cut their
nails properly generally come to
grief; most of them commit suicide
or get married. We advise the fair
sex to keep their eyes on the nails
of intending husbands if they are
to look for happiness in their we'd
ded life.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-08

with loud and extended applause,
when she was lifted to the piano
stool and deliberately executed,
without a single mistake or hesita-
ton, to the astOnishment Of every
body present, a charming solo,
then retired amid the cheers of the
audience to a little rocking chair
with the dignity, grace and COM
posure that would do honor to
Patti.--ChicagO Herald.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-08
PlAYIMe MESSENGER BOY.
How Young Chap Managed to Hear
. Famous Parliamentary Debate.

II would like to have been in
London on Jubilee day." said a
prominent business man. "It would
have been great fun to have studied
the people who made up the tre-
mendous crowds on the streets that
day. / was in London on the day
that the Gladstone ministry re-
signed, year or two ago, and l
had some odd ddexperienccs. l wanted
very much to be present at the ses-
sion of the house of commons, be.
cause every one believed there would
be extraordinary excitement. l
went to MIR. Waller, the American
consul, and secured a letter to Mr.
O'ConnOr, the consul, however, as
suring me that the chances were
against me. He thought that if l
could get the letter into Mr.. O'COn-
nor's hands l would succeed, but
he did not believe that could get
the letter to Mr.. O'Connor.
81 went to the parliament house
to find great crowd of prominent
and distinguished people endeavor-
ing to gain admission. The diff
Guilty soon discovered was, to have
the three or four lines of policemen
give any attention to the letters
carried by persons who presented
them. l noticed, however, that
messengers and telegraph boys went
through the lines without being
questioned or detained. l am not
a very large man, and l at once
determined to go through the three
lines of policemen in the character
of a messenger. / buttoned my
coat, put my hat on the back of my
head, ran around until | got into a
fume, then taking O'Connor's letter
in my hand made a dash for the
door. To the first policeman who
attempted to check me | showed
the letter addressed to Mr.. O'Con-
nor and made vehement and hur-
ried explanation to the effect that
the letter must be in Mr.. O'ConnOr's
hands before the session opened.
"He hustled me along to the next
line and the next man hustled me
to the next, and / went through the
door pushed forward by the man
who stood on guard. Once inside
| asked for Mr.. O'Connor, presented
my letter, explained how got in,
and he, laughing pleasantly over
the incident, gave me a good seat,
and heard the famous debate to
great advantage. was one of the
few Americans who gained admis-
sion that day to the house of COM
mons, and l did it by playing mes
senger boy. On adjournment | fell
back into my old part because |
had noticed that each one of the
members had written his name on
card and placed it in the seat he
occupied, and it occurred to me
that these would be interesting as
autographs of the distinguished
members. / gathered up score or
more of them, and they make a
very curious collection.-Chicago
nter-Ocean.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-08

overseer had charged me with every
mouthful of sugar cane ever ate,
and it took me just two years more
to work it out at the rate of 25 cents
a day. / never ate any more sugar
cane, and, as good luck would have
it, / was not sick. 1t took me just
five years and a few weeks to work
out, and if l had time to tell you
what l suffered during that time
you would wonder that l am alive
to-day. People might live in Hon
olulu a life time and never know
anything about the slave system
that is being carried on in the
Sandwich Islands"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-08
The Shake Must Not Go.

The proposition to abolish presi.
Dental hand-shaking and place all
free American citizens on level
with "the pauper labor Of Europe" "
who must meet their naughty kings
and queens with q stony, British
stare, would breed revolution in
the United:States that would exceed
in violence the old-time bread riots.
Not shake the hand of a democratic
president? They would shake-or
die in the attempt.
Shake no matter whom 1t tires!
Shake till the president expires!
Shake for your children and your sircs!
God-and your native land.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-08
.SalvatiouiSts in Cey1on.

Miss Anna Ballard. well known
among journalists in New York
city as the only female member ef
the Press club, writes from Colom-
DO, Ceylon, that the Salvation
Army has attacked the island, but
that the soldiers are regarded there
with little favor. The natives hcve
not the least idea what they are
up to, and think that their peculiar
antics and goings on are only
amusing illustrations of the pecu-
liarities of the English people.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-08

The KEYSTONE has long been acknowf-
edged to be the sole representative Of the
Great Upper Wood River and Sawtooth
mining regions, and. located as it is in the
very heart of the most promising mining
country on the face of the earth. and lcav-
ing nothing undone tn present its readers 2
complete synopsis of all mining news and
developments, as we'll as matters Of local
importance in the growth of ketchum, the
future metropolis OF Idaho, it is an invalua-
bic guide for capital and informant to the
settler Of every craft and position. Sub
scribe for il, read it, and let your friends
read what may benefit them.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-08

from increasing or hardening and
reduce its annoyance to a mini
mum. There are hundreds of peo-
pie who employ a chiropodist by
the year at contract price, and it
is his duty to keep their corns pared
down and their feet in order. The
corn cures enable people who can
not afford this luxury to care for
their own toes with little waste Of
time or trouble.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-08
Life of Animals.

Man grows for 20 years and lives
from 20 to 100. The camel grows
8 years and lives 40. The horse
grows 5 years and lives 25. The
OK grows 4 years and lives Is to 20.
The lion grows 4 years and lives ~.
The dog grows 2 years and lives II
to IA. The cat grows II years and
lives 8 to 10. The hare grows l year
and lives 8. The guinea pig grows
7 months and lives & orr years.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-08
Valentine Vox Revived.

A man was seen lately in London
to shake a very prettily dressed
child, who screamed most piteous-
ly. Finally he threw it to the pave
ment and stamped it, for which he
was knocked down by an indignant
coachman, who then found that he
had struck a vcntriloquist With. .
dummy.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-08
HOW TO BECOME A CHEROKEE.

1t Is very easy to become Cher
okee. You have only to marry
woman with the slightest trace Of
Cherokee blood, and the matri-
monial act makes you naturalized
citizen, with all the rights and priv
ileges of Cherokee per Sc, with
the exception of eligibility to the
Offices of Principal Chief, Assistant
Principal Chief and Treasurer of
the nation. Marrying, by the way,
is not as easy as it may seem. The
Cherokee maidens are much courted,
and are not addicted to surrender
ing their hearts and hands at the first
opportunity. The foreigner" who
is candidate for husband to
Cherokee damsel must swear that
he is not fugitive from justice,
and must also produce certificate
of character from the clerk of the
country in which he last resided.
His character must also be certified
to by three Cherokee citizens, who
have known him for at least six
months. The minister of the Cos
pei or district clerk performing a
ceremony without these formalties
being observed subjects himself to
a heavy fine. This is the law, but
it is often evaded. Forged certifi-
Gates from county clerks are said
to be frequent, and many man
with a price on his head has sworn
that he was not fugitive from JUS
tice.
Talk of the state pride of South
Carolina. Virginia, or Massachusetts
or of the fidelity to the land of their
birth Of Irishmen, or Polanders-it
is nothing compared to the patriot
ism and the pride of the Cherokees.
They are proud of their country, of
their laws and customs, and regard
all interference with their affairs as
wanton vandalism. They will not
hear patiently a suggestion of
allotting their lands. No man with
political ambition will countenance
such thing. 1t is denounced from
the stump and by the newspapers,
and nobody seems to favor it ex-
cept few naturalized citizens at
Vinita, who were anxious to open
land offices. II can be set down as
a fact that the Cherokees will ho.d
their lands in common for many
years to come. They claim that
they have fee simple title to the
lands embraced in the Cherokee
nation, and that they can do with
them as a majority of the people
desire. They claim that the land
was given them in exchange for
their hereditary homes in Georgia,
Tennessee and the Carolinas, to-
gether with $2,5OO,OOO in State
bonds bearing 5 per cent interest,
guaranteed by the United States.
They are living comfortably, con-
tentedly and happily. There are
men here farming over one thous-
and acres. There are men who
own large herds of cattle. AT pres
ent there is plenty of room and to
spare, and there is no need of one
trespassing on the preserves of his
neighbor. A man can fence in and
cultivate all the land he wants, but
if he ceases to cultivate any portion
of it for two years he must tear
down the fence and return the un-
cultivated portion to the public do
main. The same rule applies to
pasture. A man can occupy a
range exclusively, but can not run
his cattle all over the country
Corr. St. Louis Republican.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-08
ssORk|NG " CLASSES ATTENTION..

sith emnI INV prepared to furnish all classes
kne. on f,o!,nent ,en at home. the whole of the
hes. lipb, r uneir spare moments. Business
+s easiI, ana profitable. Persons of either
eesniDp Earn from 50 cents to s.. 90 Der
ny all ,is;ru a',u a Proportional sum BY devot-
Arl, earr .,r une to the business. bows and
Mo sec - M nearly as much as men. That ali
tst The bus bus may send their address. and
sach as ,r BUSINESS. We make this oSer' To
one dollar 70 not we'll satisfied we will send
sull part;c'', 10 pay for the trouble of writing.
GEoasr sr srs and outfit free, Address
'iSsoS & Co., Portland, Maine.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-08

"Here, l.ub," cried Gubl ins, with
his face purple with exertion'
(which is the quickest way for me
to get to the railway station?'
Run like the devil"